Sophie Druml

"The STRAD Magazine“ wrote 2023 after a concert as part of the world tour of TwoSet Violin in Montreal: "That evening, the recital itself began in cracking classical fashion … Sophie Druml opened the concert with an entrancing rendition of Franz Liszt's devilish 'Mephisto Waltz' (No. 1, 5.514), her playing by turns effervescent and vigorous. The dramatic, ten-minute tour de force set the technical bar high for the evening."
The “Mittelbayerische Zeitung” in Germany describes the young pianist and violinist Sophie Druml as an "exceptional talent who impresses the audience with her technical and creative abilities.” Austria‘s “Kleine Zeitung” wrote: “... the highly talented violinist Sophie Druml from Vienna was able to inspire with her fabulous purity of tone, enormous wealth of colors, amazing maturity and fascinating virtuosity ... for which she was cheered by the audience.” At another concert: “There was a reunion with the 21 year old Sophie Druml, who shone this time not as a violinist but as a pianist in solo pieces by Mozart and Chopin. Standing ovations!”

Sophie is a laureate of numerous competitions and appeared on four continents. The “Jeunesse Start Up! Artist 2018/19” was born in Vienna and studies piano with Jacques Rouvier and violin with Benjamin Schmid, Rainer Schmidt, Julian Rachlin and Emmanuel Tjeknavorian.

Invitations to the Chopin-Festival Kartause Gaming, LOISIARTE, Kyoto Music Festival, CLASSIX Kempten, Attergauer Kultursommer, Mattseer Diabellisommer, Schloß Walpersdorf, Megaron Gyzi Festival in Santorini, Klassik im Burghof Klagenfurt, Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk, Stauffer Center for Strings in Cremona, Westfälisches Musikfestival Hamm and Herbstgold Festival 2021. Since 2017 she is a regular guest at the Wiener Musikverein and the Konzerthaus Vienna.

In October 2020 she had her debut together with her sister Ania as “special guests” upon invitation of Igudesman & Joo in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. 2022 marked her debut at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf and 2023 at the Philharmonie Berlin, Boston und Chicago Symphony Hall, New York Philharmonic, in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
2023 tour through Germany with the Südwestdeutsche Kammerorchester Pforzheim under the baton of Douglas Bostock performing W. A. Mozart‘s piano concerto K. 414.
2024 she will appear in Australia, New Zealand and Singapur.

Concertmaster at the “International Orchestra Institute Attergau 2019” of the Vienna Philharmonic.

Chamber music partner of the aron quartett, of Christian Altenburger, Matthias Bartolomey, Piotr Beczala, Paul Gulda, Ariane Haering, Veronika Hagen, Dominik Hellsberg, Christopher Hinterhuber, Igudesman & Joo, Reinhard Latzko, Sarah McElravy, Julian Rachlin, Michael Schade, Benjamin Schmid, Matthias Schorn, Thomas Selditz, Tamás Varga, Ramón Vargas as well as members of the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

World tour with TwoSet Violin and Hilary Hahn.
Her collaboration with TwoSet Violin as “Sophie Oui Oui” has reached “cult status” on YouTube with now over 20.000.000 views.

Sophie has been awarded the violin “Pierre Silvestre, Lyon, ca. 1830-1840, ex Moser” by the Austrian National Bank.

Source: Herbert Druml